History and ideology in Chimamanda Adichie’s fiction
The colonial experience of the African and the imposition of colonial values on the African worldview are factors that indeed had provided the impetus and even motivation for much of the literary production in the continent. This essay traces specifically the issue of religious ideology/conflict fro...
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| description | The colonial experience of the African and the imposition of colonial values on the African worldview are factors that indeed had provided the impetus and even motivation for much of the literary production in the continent. This essay traces specifically the issue of religious ideology/conflict from Achebe through Ngugi to Adichie. It attempts to show that in the successful execution of her goals and objectives in Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Adichie mounts the rostrum reserved for the African masters of the art. In this novel, she, in addition to other things, shows the wickedness perpetrated by overzealous African converts who often demand and expect (from their dependants) the degree of self-negation which Soyinka has identified as cultural hostility. The essay further posits that in the celebration of Nigerian history, even when ‘temporarily dislocated’, as well as our legitimate niche in the Commonwealth of Nations, as she has done in Half of a Yellow Sun, Adichie educates non-Africans and alienated Africans about the indomitable African spirit. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a3c4e33105c14d58a79822d90b0917592022-12-22T01:38:06ZafrTydskrif vir Letterkunde AssociationTydskrif vir Letterkunde0041-476X2309-90702017-05-01481History and ideology in Chimamanda Adichie’s fictionSophia O. Ogwude0University of Abuja, NigeriaThe colonial experience of the African and the imposition of colonial values on the African worldview are factors that indeed had provided the impetus and even motivation for much of the literary production in the continent. This essay traces specifically the issue of religious ideology/conflict from Achebe through Ngugi to Adichie. It attempts to show that in the successful execution of her goals and objectives in Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Adichie mounts the rostrum reserved for the African masters of the art. In this novel, she, in addition to other things, shows the wickedness perpetrated by overzealous African converts who often demand and expect (from their dependants) the degree of self-negation which Soyinka has identified as cultural hostility. The essay further posits that in the celebration of Nigerian history, even when ‘temporarily dislocated’, as well as our legitimate niche in the Commonwealth of Nations, as she has done in Half of a Yellow Sun, Adichie educates non-Africans and alienated Africans about the indomitable African spirit.https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/tvl/article/view/2340African cultural traditionsAfrican male autocracyNigerian women fictioncolonial social valuesreligious chauvinism |
| spellingShingle | Sophia O. Ogwude History and ideology in Chimamanda Adichie’s fiction Tydskrif vir Letterkunde African cultural traditions African male autocracy Nigerian women fiction colonial social values religious chauvinism |
| title | History and ideology in Chimamanda Adichie’s fiction |
| title_full | History and ideology in Chimamanda Adichie’s fiction |
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| title_short | History and ideology in Chimamanda Adichie’s fiction |
| title_sort | history and ideology in chimamanda adichie s fiction |
| topic | African cultural traditions African male autocracy Nigerian women fiction colonial social values religious chauvinism |
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